These tall and stately yuccas cover the landscape for miles around this area of New Mexico.
The copper mines goes on for miles on the way to Silver City.
The good Lord knew what he was doing when he assigned a day of rest. Not only has my body taken on new signs of recognizing what it feels like to be renewed, but my soul as well.
Libby and I drove up and over the continental divide to Silver City to check out the sites as well as to worship. We worshiped at an Assembly of God church and just by chance picked a church that was also celebrating the Lord’s Supper. For those who believe that one-hour is long enough to spend worshiping on Sunday, may have found the two-hour long worship a little stressful. We really enjoyed the service and found the people to be friendlier than in any church we have visited.
Silver City is a thriving community. It serves as the county seat as well as home to Western New Mexico University. It is also typical of most tourist communities with lots of different little boutique shops. The area surrounding Silver City has some of the largest open pit mines we have ever viewed. Most all of the mining is for copper so I guess the name Silver City comes from the past. For the past few days we have been passed on the road by truckloads of cooper ingots on the way to various places to be turned into many different commodities. We saw our first wild animal, a deer, since on the trip as we were driving up the continental divide. I have no idea why we have not seen more since the vegetation is very abundant and there certainly is nobody around bothering them.
On the way back from Silver City we drove to Deming which is the next largest town east on I-10. I will be headed there tomorrow and wanted to get a look at what faced me, as I know I will be pedaling across the continental divide for part of the ride.
Libby and I drove up and over the continental divide to Silver City to check out the sites as well as to worship. We worshiped at an Assembly of God church and just by chance picked a church that was also celebrating the Lord’s Supper. For those who believe that one-hour is long enough to spend worshiping on Sunday, may have found the two-hour long worship a little stressful. We really enjoyed the service and found the people to be friendlier than in any church we have visited.
Silver City is a thriving community. It serves as the county seat as well as home to Western New Mexico University. It is also typical of most tourist communities with lots of different little boutique shops. The area surrounding Silver City has some of the largest open pit mines we have ever viewed. Most all of the mining is for copper so I guess the name Silver City comes from the past. For the past few days we have been passed on the road by truckloads of cooper ingots on the way to various places to be turned into many different commodities. We saw our first wild animal, a deer, since on the trip as we were driving up the continental divide. I have no idea why we have not seen more since the vegetation is very abundant and there certainly is nobody around bothering them.
On the way back from Silver City we drove to Deming which is the next largest town east on I-10. I will be headed there tomorrow and wanted to get a look at what faced me, as I know I will be pedaling across the continental divide for part of the ride.
2 comments:
Hi Leroy!!! Congratulationns on the distance you have gone so far. Hey, don't worry about the drug trafficking...just say no to drugs! :-) Keep moving forward!!! Oh, and I saw a deer the other day, too!
Speaking of drugs, you have got to check out Monday's Wall Street Journal. There was an article on the vineyards of Yakima Valley and how huge they have become for growing pot in between the rows. Lots of time the owner doesn't even know it is going on. Quite interesting.
Rinda
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